April in Yellowstone
“It is the soul that sees; the outward eyes
present the object, but the mind descries.
We see nothing till we truly understand it.”
― John Constable
I have been a visitor of Yellowstone for the past 22 years. This year I will work here, live here and have the time to understand this place and share it.
The Colors of Yellowstone
Light is therefore color . J. M. W. Turner
Landscape
“Landscapes we must owe something to the eye of the beholder. ”
― Mary Lascelles
Water
“At the time of Lewis and Clark, setting the prairies on fire was a well-known signal that meant, ‘Come down to the water.’ It was an extravagant gesture, but we can’t do less. If the landscape reveals one certainty, it is that the extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation. After the extravagant gesture of creation in the first place, the universe has continued to deal exclusively in extravagances, flinging intricacies and colossi down aeons of emptiness, heaping profusions on profligacies with ever fresh vigor. The whole show has been on fire from the word go. I come down to the water to cool my eyes. But everywhere I look, I see fire: that which isn’t flint is tinder, and the whole world sparks and flames.”
― Annie Dillard
Wildlife
“The smaller the creature, the bolder its spirit.”
― Suzy Kassem
Patterns
“The natural world is built upon common motifs and patterns. Recognizing patterns in nature creates a map for locating yourself in change, and anticipation what is yet to come.”
―
Sharon Weil
Clouds
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
― Rabindranath Tagore
Flight
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
The Path
“A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.”
― Rebecca Solnit
Yellowstone in Black and White